Press Release
Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry After Deportation
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
BOSTON - A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
Elmer Noe Esquivel-Mendoza, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing for Dec. 13, 2017.
Esquivel-Mendoza was previously deported on May 20, 2013. In January 2017, law enforcement officers in Boston encountered Esquivel-Mendoza and determined him to be illegally present in the United States.
The charge provides for a sentence of no greater than two years in prison, one year of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. Esquivel-Mendoza will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth G. Shine of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.
Updated October 3, 2017
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Immigration
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